We remember Wallace John Lydford

We remember Wallace John Lydford

Timeline

Timeline

1896
birth Sturminster Newton, Dorset United Kingdom Source:8698035 1896
1911
employment Telegraph Messenger General Post Office Sturminster-Newton United Kingdom Source:8698035 April 1911
1911
location Butts Pond, Sturminster-Newton, Dorset United Kingdom parents address Source:8698035 April 1911
1915
enlistment Bournemouth, Dorset United Kingdom Source:8666748 1915
1915
service British Army Rifleman 4206 London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:7098457 1915 - 21st May 1916
1917
service British Army Rifleman 371859 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:7098457 1st January 1917
employment Postal Staff General Post Office Bournemouth, Dorset United Kingdom Source:8698053
service British Army Private 4206 London Regiment Source:2731394
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8666748
location Bournemouth, Dorset United Kingdom Source:8666748
1916
death Killed in Action Pas de Calais France Source:7098457 Source:8666748 21st May 1916
burial Arras Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France Source:7098457

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Wallace John
Initials WJ
Last Name Lydford
Source 8666748
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Bournemouth, Dorset United Kingdom
Butts Pond, Sturminster-Newton, Dorset United Kingdom parents address known April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 4206 London Regiment Private
British Army 4206 London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
British Army 371859 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Elizabeth Lydford mother

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433

External Evidence

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Bournemouth Post Office (Roll of Honour) War Memorial Valerie34433

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